NeuroTalk Support Groups - Parkinsons Disease and sore muscles

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Originally Posted by Ronhutton (Post 208134)

In all the reports about gambling, compulsive behaviour etc using Mirapex, I have not seen any information on dosage used. Could it be that above a certain threshold level, compulsive behaviour is shown? I take only 1mg of MIrapex per day, and never spend more than a few $ per week on the lottery.
I have had no inclination to gamble more.
Dose level is as important as the drug! There are many examples. Warfarin is a rat poison in high dose, but is used as a human drug in low dose.
A glass of whisky is very nice, but drink the bottle and it will kill you. Even salt in high dosage will kill, but is essential in low dose.
I wonder what dosage has been used in cases where gambling etc raises its head? It may be possible to establish a safe threshold.
Ron

I agree there must be a dosing issue, and it must be individual because at the max, I took 2 mg per day, and I've never even thought of gambling (I'm too stingy to part with the $ for a lottery ticket), or other obsessive compulsive actions.

I wonder too if this has more to do with people that take it because of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) instead of for Parkinson's. The people with just RLS don't have a dopamine deficiency problem like us so are therefore more susceptible to these kind of side-effects.

John